Shell flared off natural gas for three months in 2012, to alleviate subsurface pressure in Union Township, Tioga County, where one of its drilling sites got too close to an abandoned well. Photo:Scott Detrow / StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf Administration Walks Back Timeline for Methane Regulations

In January 2016, Gov. Tom Wolf — flanked by his two top environmental advisors — said in a Facebook Live event that Pennsylvania would crack down on climate-damaging methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

Two and half years later, his administration won’t say when it plans to propose those new regulations.

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